The Accurate Reloading Forums
Cape buffalo pedestal
17 July 2011, 03:02
GraftonCape buffalo pedestal
Just finished up AR member Oday 450's hard earned Chewore buff.
Photos he sent me of the area helped me get the habitat pretty close to the ground cover in the area where the buff fell.
Habitat base will sit on a table top.
17 July 2011, 03:52
Aspen Hill AdventuresBad to the bone! Very nice work.
~Ann
17 July 2011, 04:40
Tim HeraldBeautiful Grafton...
Good Hunting,
Tim Herald
Worldwide Trophy Adventures
tim@trophyadventures.com
17 July 2011, 05:39
GraftonThanks Ann and Tim.
17 July 2011, 06:33
sculptorexcellent job.
17 July 2011, 16:52
GraftonThanks Jim.
17 July 2011, 20:18
L. David KeithFine looking Buff Grafton. I really like it.
Cheers,
David
Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
NRA Benefactor
DSC Professional Member
SCI Member
RMEF Life Member
NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor
NAHC Life Member
Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson
Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......
"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
18 July 2011, 02:14
GraftonThanks David.
18 July 2011, 03:24
shootawayThat looks great,Grafton- Can't wait for mine!
20 July 2011, 00:41
Big Game HunterThat mount has some great detail.
Keith O'Neal
Trophy Collectors Consultants
Po Box 3908
Oxford, AL. 36203
256-310-4424
TCChunts@gmail.com
All of your desires can be found on the other side of your fears.
20 July 2011, 04:42
GraftonThanks Big Game Hunter. I spend a lot of time on the little things. I think it makes for a better looking, more realistic mount.
Looking forward to working on yours Shootaway!
10 August 2011, 05:39
Dave MooreFantastic job as usual Grafton. I am sure that Oday 450 is pleased. Hope to have you do a buff for me one day also.
10 August 2011, 07:01
Wild Images In MotionGreat detail in the ears!
Cheers
10 August 2011, 08:55
Idaho SharpshooterGreat mount. Those wait-a-minute thorns give me a headache just remembering them last April...
13 August 2011, 01:30
GraftonThanks guys.
Go get you one Dave....Just think, there is one with your name on it wallowing in some mud in some quiet place far into the bush, listening to the soft cooing of doves...waiting for you to show up....
13 August 2011, 03:54
Oday450Grafton,
It looks even better when you see it than it does in the photos. It drives my dogs crazy & my wife doesn't want to be near it. Too scary.
"Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult."
13 August 2011, 20:06
GraftonScaring wives and dogs is a specialty of mine.
Glad you like it Oday, pleasure working with you..
13 August 2011, 22:00
Ahmed SultanGrafton, that buffalo looks alive! really a great mount, welldone.
Ahmed Sultan
13 August 2011, 23:04
OrvarThat is bad ass! Truely what a buff looks like in my mind... Congratulations. Amazing work
O
14 August 2011, 05:36
FjoldGrafton, that's beautiful work around the eyes. It does actually look alive.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite
14 August 2011, 06:22
Graftonquote:
It does actually look alive.
Thanks folks, it means a lot.. That is about the best compliment a taxidermist can receive.